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Panchyat Raj System is meant for decentralized development planning and implementation their functions involve decision making on development activities at grass root level. The main responsibility of the Panchayati Raj Institutions is to accelerate the pace of development and involve all people in this process so that the felt needs of the people and their development aspirations are fulfilled. The decentralized planning is a multi-level planning process. It will have to start from lower level (Gram Panchayat), intermediate level (Mandal Parishad) and higher level (Zilla Parishad). The study was carried out YSR Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh, six mandals were selected for study i.e., CK. Dinne, Chakarayapeta, Galividu, Lakkireddypalli, Ramapuram and Rayachti mandals. The Random Sampling method was adopted. The samples were classified into three groups i.e., elected representatives in PRIs. The primary data was collected from Elected presentativeis in PRIs in six selected mandals. From each mandals 50 elected representatives were selected total samples size 300. The primary data was collected from respondents i.e., elected representatives in PRIs, in the year 2019-20.